So I've been seeing news headlines a lot this week crying about how Michelle is planning to adopt her 20th.
I know no sane person would give them a baby, but seriously, why isn't anybody realizing something is wrong with her?

It's a movie backed by the Duggars about an adoption that only took 5 days.
From the clips I've seen, it doesn't say where the baby was originally from; but to me it smells like a "let's quickly get the baby out of the country and away from their bio family" situation.
5dayadoption.com

nothing really new but it is good this stupidity is out there getting made fun of.
http://pagesix.com/2014/09/24/sex-tips- ... 1411585650
Known for their conservative courtship rules â€” and ever-expanding family â€” the â€œ19 Kids and Countingâ€ crew knows a thing or two about sex â€” and they arenâ€™t shy when it comes to offering advice on everything from getting busy with a spouse to finding a soul mate.
The family has had a big year when it comes to relationships. Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are expecting their fourth grandchild from newlyweds Jill and Derick Dillard, and theyâ€™re also busy planning 21-year-old daughter Jessaâ€™s Nov. 1 nuptials to Ben Seewald.
However, they had enough time to weigh in with some sex tips.
1. You should always be available for sex.

At least according to People.
http://www.people.com/article/duggar-ca ... -wont-work
Goes to show he doesn't really release those girls to their husband. He still will demand control over them.
What a pathetic piece of Shit Dim bulb is.

Kent Hovind is a young earth creationist who has been incarcerated since November 2006 on tax and structuring charges. He got out of prison today for a month on "home confinement," then three years on probation. Guess who was with Eric Hovind, Kent's son, when they drove over to Yazoo City, MS, to pick Kent up?
That's right, child molester protecting Jim Bob Duggar!!!
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... loose-now/ (not broke, P.Z. Myers is not going to care).
Way to start your first day out of prison, Kent, hanging with a pedo protector.
Wonder what Jim Bob expects to get out of this? Any ideas?

The Duggars were interviewed by Megyn Kelly twice, JB & Michelle on Wednesday, Jill & Jessa on Friday.
They would like for us to believe that Josh was just a confused kid who only "inappropriately touched" his sleeping sisters over their clothes. Except for the times when he touched awake girls. And the times that he touched them under their clothes. But don't worry, that was only for a few seconds. No biggie. And let's not even mention that one of them was only 5 years old.
Why is everyone so mad at them about this? It only took them a year to get Josh out of the house! And they sent him away to do remodeling work, and everyone knows that once you hang drywall you never have inappropriate sexual urges again! It's science, duh.
But really, it's all just a liberal conspiracy because they're Christians.
Discussion of Jessa and Jill's interview: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255
Discussion of Jim Bob and Michelle's interview:
Part 1: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243
Part 2: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26249
Recap of Jim Bob and Michelle interview:
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26250
Recap of Jill and Jessa interview:
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26257

In honor of Father's Day, post your special messages to Duggar Dads on this thread.
Duggar Dads:
Jim Bob Duggar, father of 19
Josh Duggar, father of 3, almost 4
Duggar Dad In-law:
Derick Dillard, father of 1
Duggar In-Law Dad to Be:
Ben Seewald, Dad 2B in November
Here's two messages for Duggar Dads:
Happy Father's Day to Derick from Israel Dillard
Happy Father's Day to Jim Bob Duggar

Do the Duggars really understand forgiveness in light of their ordeal? Im not saying forgiveness should never happen or impossible.
I think
1)the offender must admit wrong
2) the victim has time to process what happened
3)know they dont ever have to forgive and if they do they never have to let that person in their life again.
I guess 3 is much harder when it's you own family member. Here's an interesting take from an older article on Patheos. I see no reason to break link.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnshore/ ... rgiveness/

Hi all. By popular request, here's my analysis of the truthfulness in the Duggar interview last night. Thanks to BCNN1 for the transcript, which I used as a base before editing to my knowledge of the situation as well as added commentary. If you catch something I didn't, please let me know. I've used the transcripts as uploaded by Happy Atheist, and some general internet research to try to get this sorted out.
It appears the Duggar parents have mentally divided the incidents into "serious" and "not serious" based on when they finally decided the molestations were severe enough to warrant removing Josh from the household. My understanding is that initial incidents took place while the girls were sleeping and were over the clothes, a brief period of prayer and supervision took place, and then the molestations became more severe, occurring when the girls were awake and with direct skin-to-skin contact before Josh was ultimately sent away (13 days later after revelation to family and church elders).
Surprisingly, it appears that most of the interview was mild enough to be accurate. Some of the tougher questions revealed cracks in the story. The interview is color-coded: green for correct, red for incorrect or questionable. There was a lot of Gothardese, and the interview went in circles in several places, such that it was difficult to figure out what they were talking about when. I've done my best to decipher it, but it was actually tougher than I anticipated. I did what I could to keep my snark out of it and report only the facts. I did add one personal observation as it pertained to discrepancies in the interview text. Obviously feel free to comment if you see anything differently than I did, or have more information to add.
_______________MEGYN KELLY, HOST: It is a story that has generated hundreds of thousands of headlines and plenty of criticism. Tonight for the very first time, the family that became famous for their conservative Christian values and their 19 children speak out about a painful secret involving their oldest son and the actions that he now admits were inexcusable. Welcome to â€œThe Kelly File,â€ everyone. Iâ€™m Megyn Kelly. Just hours ago in Arkansas, I sat down with members of the Duggar family, stars of the hit TLC show â€œ19 Kids and Counting.â€ We discussed the serious allegations of inappropriate touching some 12 years ago by then teenaged Josh Duggar. Some of the topics we will discuss tonight are troubling and not intended for young viewers.
But first, a look at how we got here.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MICHELLE DUGGAR, â€œ19 KIDS AND COUNTINGâ€: This is the story of my family. We are the Duggars.
KELLY (voice-over): The Duggars, a clean-cut family of 21, 10 boys, nine girls, who from the outside looking in, seemed to live a charmed and sheltered life. The kids, homeschooled. Reliable. Responsible.
JOSHâ€™S VOICE: To keep things together with our mega-family, weâ€™re each in charge of certain areas.
M. DUGGAR: Joseph takes out the trash. Josiah, he organizes and straightens the pantry.
KELLY: Self-sufficient. Extremely well-behaved. The family first rose to prominence in Arkansas where in the late 1990s and early 2000s Jim Bob Duggar served in the stateâ€™s House of Representatives. But it was in 2004 that the Duggars gained national notoriety.
JOSHâ€™S VOICE: If you lost count, allow us to help.
KELLY: First, with documentaries about their unusually large family.
JOSHâ€™S VOICE: We are the Duggar family.
KELLY: And later with the hit series on TLC that today is known as â€œ19 Kids and Counting.â€ The show would focus on the Duggarsâ€™ ever expanding family, their devout faith, traditional values and strict courting that includes chaperones, no kissing before marriage and no hand holding before an engagement.
M. DUGGAR: We think itâ€™s a great plan to be pure, wait, you know, for the one that God has for you, and on your wedding day, you get to enjoy all the physical aspects of that relationship.
KELLY: The program was an enormous hit, drawing millions of devoted viewers. But with celebrity came controversy. Criticism of what some view as their more controversial opinions from their views on abortion â€”
M. DUGGAR: Thereâ€™s a baby holocaust taking place where doctors and nurses are being paid to take the lives of innocent, unborn children.
KELLY: To those on gay marriage.
JOSH DUGGAR, â€œ19 KIDS AND COUNTINGâ€: Whatâ€™s really at stake here is the American family. Marriage is central to the family and every single child deserves a mother and father.
KELLY: Or emphasis that women should submit to their husbands. Their detractors even starting a petition, demanding that their show be canceled, accusing the family of gay fear mongering.Despite it all, the shows rating continued to soar. The 2014 wedding of daughter Jill Duggar drawing more than 4.4 million viewers, the networkâ€™s biggest telecast in four years. And then a bombshell. May 19, 2015. In Touch Weekly reports the Duggarsâ€™ 27-year-old son Josh had been named in a prior sexual abuse investigation. Two days later on May 21st, the magazine reprints what turned out to be an illegally released police report. It reveals that Josh while 14 or 15 years old forcibly touched at least five girls in 2002 and 2003. The report makes clear the victims include Joshâ€™s younger sisters.
The police report was not actually illegally released. Under the FOIA act, it can be requested since no charges were pressed. The local police department released a statement to attest to this.
The Duggars consulted church elders. They sent Josh to a kind of rehab program and reported him to a state trooper who was an acquaintance of the family. However, no formal investigation was launched until police received an anonymous tip in 2006. By that time, the statute of limitations had run, and no charges were filed. The day of the second In Touch report, Josh Duggar issues an apology, writing in part, â€œ12 years ago as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others including my family and close friends.â€ His parents and wife of six years also issue statements. Wife Anna saying Josh told her about his past before they got engaged, that she was shocked but that he had gotten help, humbled himself before God and changed the direction of his life.
The media pounced.
[VARIOUS MEDIA QUOTES]
KELLY: So why would a family with such a painful secret launch a reality TV show and was it hypocritical to preach family values knowing of their own sonâ€™s repeated sins?
I ask them that and much more in our Duggar family interview right now.
(on camera): Take us back to 2002. How did you first learn that this was a problem with Josh?
JIM BOB DUGGAR, â€œ19 KIDS AND COUNTINGâ€: Well, 12 years ago, we went through one of the most darkest times that our family have ever gone through, and our son Josh came to us on his own, and he was crying. And he had just turned 14, and he said that he had actually improperly touched some of our daughters. And it was â€”
MICHELLE DUGGAR, â€œ19 KIDS AND COUNTINGâ€: We were shocked. I mean, we were just devastated. I donâ€™t think any parent is prepared for a trauma like that. And I think we had one way of hope and that Josh had a tender conscience, and he was the one that came and shared on his own even though the others really didnâ€™t know anything of his wrongdoing.
KELLY: This is a young boy who has come to you with shocking information. What did he say? I mean, how did you respond to him? What was that like, that exchange?
M. DUGGAR: There was so much grief in our hearts. I think as parents we felt, weâ€™re failures. You know, here we tried to raise our kids to do whatâ€™s right, to know whatâ€™s right. And yet one of our children made some really bad choices, and I think as a parent, we were just â€” we were devastated.
KELLY: Did he explain why? I mean, was that a question that you asked?
J. B. DUGGAR: He said he was just curious about girls, and he had gone in and just basically touched them over their clothes while they were sleeping. They didnâ€™t even know he had done it. And so we went, and the first thing was to protect the girls. And so we went in â€”
This is accurate regarding the first incidents in the girlsâ€™ room in March 2002, and again for the babysitter on the couch in July of 2002.
KELLY: The girls all slept together?
M. DUGGAR: Hm-mm.
J. B. DUGGAR: Yes. The girls had two bedrooms at the time.
This took place at the familyâ€™s Johnson Road residence.
KELLY: How many girls are we talking about?
J. B. DUGGAR: We had five girls at the time.
KELLY: OK.
J. B. DUGGAR: So, anyway, he went in and said he had done this, and so we, first off, of course, really talked to him and then we went and talked to all the girls, the children.
M. DUGGAR: It was so important for us as parents to talk to our girls and make sure that nothing else had happened.
KELLY: So, what did they say?
M. DUGGAR: One by one, as we talked with them, none of them were aware of Joshâ€™s wrongdoings.
Regarding only the first incidents in the girls' bedroom, this is most likely accurate.
KELLY: So they learned about it from you.
M. DUGGAR: Yes.
J. B. DUGGAR: Yes. Yes.
KELLY: At that point, he had said that he had done this to how many of the girls?
J. B. DUGGAR: That was to two.
KELLY: OK. But neither one had any recollection of it.
J. B. DUGGAR: They did not know.
KELLY: And what was their reaction when they learned it from you?
J. B. DUGGAR: They didnâ€™t â€” they really didnâ€™t know. Actually, what happened was we asked them at first if anything happened. And then it was after some other things happened that we actually shared with them, and we actually â€” but we took a lot of steps. And first we tried to deal with this in-house as parents. We were in shock and we were trying to figure out what was the next step. But really, looking back, we did the best we could under the circumstances.
KELLY: Youâ€™re saying, what am I going to do? Youâ€™re saying, he says heâ€™s touched two of the daughters, and you donâ€™t know what to do, right?
J. B. DUGGAR: Didnâ€™t know. Because at that point now nobody knew about it besides Michelle and I and Josh. And so we thought, what do we do with this information? And the girls, we talked to them, and they didnâ€™t know that anything had happened because they were asleep. And so we talked to him, we put all kinds of punishments on him, we watched him, like, all the time. I took him to work with me, and he just â€” I mean, we just poured our life into it.
KELLY: Like when you went to bed at night during that time frame, were you scared? Were you worried? You know, heâ€™s 14, heâ€™s having this problem. Whatâ€™s going to happen when we go to sleep?
J. B. DUGGAR: Right. Nothing ever happened like that again in the girlsâ€™ bedrooms after that.
KELLY: OK.
J. B. DUGGAR: OK. So, we had safeguards that protected them from that. But there was another incident where â€” two different incidents where the girls were, like, laying on the couch, and it was â€” he had touched, like, over the couch and actually touched their breast while they were asleep. And so â€“
M. DUGGAR: Over their clothes.
This is accurate only for the first set of incidents.
J. B. DUGGAR: â€” over their clothes. And so it was a very difficult situation. But as we talked to other parents and different ones since then, a lot of families have said that theyâ€™ve had similar things happen in their families. And so â€” I mean, this is, for us, of course, this is public shame that our son did this back 12, 13 years ago.
KELLY: When you heard that the behavior had resumed, describe what that was like for you.
J. B. DUGGAR: We thought, you know, at first that Josh, you know, was on the road to mend at first, but he was still a kid, you know, and he was still a juvenile. He wasnâ€™t an adult. And so there was a couple more times that he came and told us what he had done, and we were just devastated. All of these â€” again, this was not rape or anything like that, this was like touching somebody over their clothes. There were a couple incidents where he touched them under their clothes, but it was like a few seconds and then he came to us and was crying and told us what happened, and it was after that third time he came to us is where we really felt like, you know what? We have done everything we can as parents to handle this in-house. We need to get help.
That is accurate. See incidents mentioned above; Josh is reported to have called his parents almost immediately afterward.
And thatâ€™s actually when we went to outside folks and we asked some very close friends if they could come over, and some of my best friends came over. We talked about it, and so at that point we pulled Josh out of the home, and we knew of a man who mentors young men, and he really helped young men who had made unwise choices in their lives to get straightened out, and he was running a little training center in Little Rock, Arkansas. And under the roof of that training center, he had Little Rock Police Department on one side, then you had a prison minister on the other. And he said Josh could come down there and actually do some construction work with him and he would counsel him and work with him and hopefully get him straightened out.
This center was run by Harold Walker, and is called the Basic Life Principles Training Center. No search results of that training center come up in Google for a search customized for articles or posts printed before 1 May 2015, and first appear 22 May 2015. A search of Mr. Walker turns up a comment that he doesnâ€™t remember why Josh was sent to the center, and a comment on RecoveringGrace reads as follows: â€œThat's a lot of bull that they did not know what the program was called. The Little Rock "Training Center" at that point was just a large empty shell with one wing of one floor of staff rooms. Everyone knew that the Police Department was a separate entity, period. The door between the facilities was locked. For them to pretend the "program" was legitimized by the proximity to a PD is pure smokescreen. Harold Walker lived in a home on the grounds of the property. He had small children at the time. I wonder if he even knew why Josh was being sent. Apparently he was a little clueless about the whole thing, from some other articles I've readâ€¦â€
KELLY: Some people have said, why did they wait? Why didnâ€™t they go to the authorities or go for the counseling at the very first time he came to you?
J. B. DUGGAR: You know, I talked to somebody that worked at one of those juvenile youth sex offender facilities, and he described how they actually take care of these situations down there, and the success rate is not very good. And so we felt like that going from a perspective of really reaching his heart first would be important, and so thatâ€™s the reason we sent him down to Little Rock to work with this man.
KELLY: Did legal ever pop into your mind? Like we may have legal obligations?
J. B. DUGGAR: You know, what? As parents youâ€™re not mandatory reporters. The law allows for parents to do what they think is best for their child. And so we got him out of the home, and we sent him down to this place, and that was really probably the best decision we made through this whole process, because it was at that place â€” this was the first time Josh has been out of the home.
Several articles have pointed out that while parents may not be mandatory reporters, it is not a free pass to keep situations like this under wraps. Doing so could have resulted in criminal charges, according to several sources.
KELLY: He was 15 at this point.
J. B. DUGGAR: He had just turned 15. And it was that the point that he came into himself, and God really worked in his life. As a matter of fact, he broke. And he went and asked God to forgive him. He went back and asked those who he had offended to forgive him. But we felt like the last jurisdiction of who to make things right with was the law.
KELLY: And weâ€™ll going to get to that in one second. The subsequent incidents after the first one involved daughters who were awake, at least a couple of them?
J. B. DUGGAR: There was a couple, yes. And they didnâ€™t really understand, though, what happened.
The daughter from the book incident clearly stated to the police that it felt weird. Also, report page 23 says that one daughter cried before stating she remembers something with the washing machine. Another daughter was fully conscious and awake when Josh put his hands up her shirt in the laundry room.
KELLY: Yes. What â€”
M. DUGGAR: It was more his heart, his intent. He knew that it was wrong. But in theirs they werenâ€™t even aware. They were like, you know, it wasnâ€™t â€” to them they didnâ€™t probably even understand that it was an improper touch.
KELLY: I know that the ultimate one before you really got help involved a very young daughter, and Iâ€™ll avoid the age because I donâ€™t want to identify anyone specifically, but a single digit. I mean, what was that like for you to hear? You know, one, you must have thought for some time this is a pubescent boy, I donâ€™t know what heâ€™s going through, but heâ€™s testing. But when it moves to a young daughter â€”
J. B. DUGGAR: Right. At that point, thatâ€™s when we pulled him out of the house and we said, he canâ€™t be here. And so, we pulled him out and then, he went through working with that man â€”
KELLY: Yes. He goes through counseling.
J. B. DUGGAR: Yes.
KELLY: And then when he was done with the counseling, this is not like a licensed therapist, itâ€™s somebody, a Christian-based â€”
Accurate. This therapist/counseling program was not licensed, as seen above it is simply a ministry connected with IBLP. Note that JB/M skirt this statement.
J. B. DUGGAR: Christian based. But Iâ€™ll tell you why.
KELLY: Treatment facility.
J. B. DUGGAR: It really had a huge impact on his life. And it really, that was the turning point in his life. And this man really reached his heart.
KELLY: And before Josh went away, you know, in the period where the girls knew, and he knew and you knew when youâ€™re living in the house together, what was that like? I mean, what was the dinner table like?
J. B. DUGGAR: Well, we tried to make things as normal as we can, but also, you know, Michelle and I both were keeping an eye on Josh, you know, all the time and watching his behaviors, watching his attitudes.
KELLY: And prior to him leaving, were you concerned for the safety of your daughters?
M. DUGGAR: Well, we definitely put safeguards in our home.
J. B. DUGGAR: Yes, and we also talked to our daughters and reminded them about wrong and right touch and about if anybody ever touched you in a wrong way for you to come and tell your mom immediately.
Personal note but without evidence: I find this contradictory to their statements above where they mention the daughters didnâ€™t know it was wrong. If they were "reminded", then they should've already been taught, which would indicate that they either did know it was wrong to begin with, or JB/M never imparted the lesson in the first place.
M. DUGGAR: Immediately. And we tell them that you have a safe place to share your heart. And so we were trying to protect and watch and make sure that their hearts were safe, they had a safe place to talk, and at the same time putting boundaries and safeguards up in our home.
J. B. DUGGAR: Yes. We werenâ€™t going to give up on Josh.
(END OF FACTUAL JB/M INTERVEIW, REST IS CONVERSATION RE: TLC AND GIRLS' PREVIEW)

Recaps by Buzzard to follow.
Watch online: http://www.foxnewsgo.com (this only works for live, I have no idea if the full interview will be here or not)
Part 1: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255&start=100#p962673
Part 2: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255&start=160#p962751
Part 3: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255&start=220#p962799
Part 4: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255&p=962812#p962821
Part 5: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26255&start=240#p962842

Buzzard will be posting her live-recap of The Interview here.
Feel free to continue to persecute the poor, poor Duggars.
For the pre-game analysis see:
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26202
Note: This thread is to specifically discuss the Megyn Kelly interview and reactions resulting from it. For general discussion on the issue not related to the interview, please use the main thread.
Edit: here's the link to all of the recap posts:
Part 1: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=200#p960234
Part 2: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=280#p960328
Part 3: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=340#p960383
Part 4: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=400#p960452
Part 5: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=420#p960483
Preview of Friday with Jill and Jessa: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=26243&start=440#p960492
Full recap below:
J'Megyn does the Duggars - Part 1
Megyn is wearing a red shirt... no cleavage.
She welcomes us and says that "hours ago" she sat down with the Duggars, discussed the allegations from 12 years ago. She issues a trigger warning.
She gives an overview of the Duggars, saying that they seemed to live a "charmed life" - reliable, responsible. They were homeskooled - shows shots of boob playing with littles in fall leaves - Shots from way back when - frumpers...
They rose to prominance when boob was in the house of reps. In 2004 they had the series documentaries, then the hit series. Lots of shots from TLC shows... including strict courting rules, no hand holding etc. Shot of Michelle in 2014 saying that its a great plan to be pure for your wedding day and then you get to enjoy the physical aspects of the relationship.
The program WAS an enourmous hit, drawing millions of viewers... but with celebrity came controversy... abortion (shot of boob holding josie up as DQ blathers in her blue shirt) "there is a baby holocaust taking place"... gay marriage Josh saying that the american family is at stake, marriage is central to the family and every child deserves a mother and father... and emphasis that women should submit to their husbands (shot of michelle smiling like a stoned deer in headlights). There have been petitions to cancel, but the ratings soared. Jill's wedding had 4.4 milion viewwers... then... in touch DUM DUM DUM... shots of the police report that she says was ILLEGALLY released.
She goes through the details of the report and that they include the sisters. He went to elders and rehab. No formal investigation until 2006 when the SOL was up, no charges.
Josh issues an apology. Anna and DQ/Boob issue statements... they read them.
The media "pounced"... shots of ebil liberal media calling them out for being hypocrites.
Megyn - why would a family with such a sekret have a show...
And now, boob and Michelle... Michelle is wearing her usual blue shirt with a black t shirt beneath it. Both boob and Michelle have professional makeup on and her hair is uber crunchy. Boob is wearing a green shirt.
Megyn - take us back to 2002. How did you first learn that there was a problem with josh?
Boob - Well, 12 years ago we went through one of the most darkest times that our family has ever gone through
(michelle pensively looks up in sadness and concern). Our son, josh, came to us on his own crying and had just turned 14 and said that he had improperly touched some of our daughters.
Michelle - we were shocked, we were just devastated. I dont think any parent is prepared for a trauma like that and I think we had one ray of hope in theat josh came and shared on his own even though the others didnt know anything of his wrongdoing.
Megyn - this is a young boy who has come to you with shockin ginformation. WHat did he say and how did you respond? WHat was that like?
Michelle - There was so much grief in our hearts, I think as parents we felt "we're failures we tried to raise our kids to do whats right, to know whats right" and here, one of our children made REALLY BAD CHOICES and, as a parent, we were devastated.
Megyn - did he explain why?
Boob - He said he was just curious about girls and just went in and touched them over their clothes while they were sleeping. THEY DIDNT EVEN KNOW HE HAD DONE IT! (bullshit) and so we went and the first thing was to protect the girls.
Discussion about where the girls slept.
Boob - we really talked to him and then talked to the girls
Michelle - it was so important for us, as parents, to talk our girls and make sure nothing else happened. One by one, none of them were aware of Josh's wrongdoings.
Megyn - at this point, how many had he done this to?
Boob - that was to two
Megyn - neigther had any recolection
boob - no
Megyn - what was their reaction when they learned it from you?
Boob - they really didnt know. What happened was we asked them first if anything happened and then it was after some other things happened that we shared with them... at first we tried to deal with this in house, as parents we were in shock. We were trying to figure out what was the next step. Looking back, WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD under the circumstances. At that point, nobody knew about it, we thought "what do we do?"... we talked to him, put "punishments" on him, watched him all the time, I took him to work with me, we just poured our life into him.
Megyn - were you scared? Were you worried when you went to bed?
Boob - nothing like that happened again in the girl's bedrooms. We had safeguards that protected them from that... there were 2 different insances where girls were laying on the couch and he had touched over the couch and touched their breasts while they were asleep... as we talked to other parents a lot of families said they had similar things happen in their families. For us, this is public shame that our son did this, 12 -13 years ago...
Megyn - when you heard the behaviour resumed, what was that like?
Boob - we thought at first that josh was on the road to mend but he was still a kid, he wasnt an adult. There were a couple more times where he came and told us what he had done and we were devastated. All these, again, this was not rape or anything like that. This was touching over the clothes, a few instances touching under the clothes. It was liek a few seconds and then he came to us crying. It was after the 3rd time where we felt like we had done everything as parents and we need to get help. We went to outside folks and asked very close friends to come over, we talked about it. We pulled josh out of the home.
We knew of a man who mentored young men, who helped young men who made unwise choices in their lives to get straightened out. He was running a training center in little rock. Under the roof was little rock police and a prison ministry. He could do construction work and he would counsel him, and get him straightened out.
Megyn - some people have said why did they wait, why didnt they go to the authorities or go for counseling at the very first time he came to you
Boob - You know, I talked to someone who worked at those juvenile, youth, sex offender facilities... the success rate is not very good. We felt like that, going from a perspective of reaching his heart first would be important.
Megyn - Did legal ever pop into your mind?
Boob - as parents youre not mandatory reporters. The law allows for parents to do whats best for your child so we got him out of the home and we sent him down to this place and that was the best decision we made through this whole process. He was at this place, he just turned 15, and he came into himself and god worked in his life. He asked god to forgive him, he asked other he offended to forgive him, and the last jurisdiction was the law.
megyn - the subsequent incidents involved daughters who were awake.
Boob - there were a couple, yeah, and they didnt really understand.
Michelle - it was really his heart, his intent, he knew that it was wrong but they werent even aware. It wasnt to them, they didnt understand that it was an improper touch.
Megyn - the ultimate one, before you really got help, was a very young daughter... a single digit. What was that like for you to hear? YOu must have thought this was a pubescent boy, he's testing. But when he did that to a young daughter.
Boob - right, at that point, thats when we pulled him out of thehouse. And said he cant be here and he went through working with THAT MAN...
Megyn - when he was done with the counseling, not a licensed therapist, a christian based...
Boob - Christian based, but I'll tell you what, it really had a huge impact on his life and it was the turning point on his life.
Megyn - before Josh went away, and they all knew ... what was that like, what was the dinner table like?
Boob - we tried to make things as normal as we can but we were keeping an eye on josh.
Megyn - prior to him leaving, were you concerned for the safety of your daughers?
Boob looks to michelle.
Michelle - well we definitely put safeguards in our home.
Boob - we also talked to our daughters and reminded them about wrong and right touch and that they...
Michelle - they had a safe place to share their heart. We were trying to protect and watch and make sure that their hearts were safe and at the same time putting boundaries and putting safegueards up
Boob - we werent giving up on josh...
J'megyn saves the Duggars part 2
Megyn - the duggars were faced with questions including what to tell police and how to protect their children
Did it feel at all like a sophies's choice?
Boob - we felt like our son's heart had gone astray. Jesus shared a story... sheep... going after one... as parents we loved josh "and our other ones" we had to make sure that josh didnt make wrong choices.
Michelle - it doesnt mean that youre not a good shephard, jesus was a good shephard but he went after one that went astray. We were doing the best we could to protect these and go after one... blah blah... devastated.. .we have to send him out. He has to go and get help. It was that evening when they left and took him, he was weeping and shared what he had done and we were weeping... and the little one was like "whats wrong?" The next day and for days I said 'josh has done some very bad things (tearless crying) and hes very sorry."
Boob - I was thankful, and the ray of hope was... josh came and told us and his heart was still soft. We wouldnt have known if he hadnt came and told us. None of the victims really knew about this or understand what he had done...
Megyn - what about that jim bob, as a parent, do you feel guilty when you learned that his behavior had continued and other girls had became victims?
Boob - yes. We, I think as parents you feel like a failure when one of your kids does something wrong. You feel like "If I had done more training, or maybe something else" this wouldnt have happened but the truth is that kids will make their own choices and they will make decisions even though youve taught them right and wrong
Megyn - I'm talking about, as the father of your girls not the father of josh. It must have been very hard to look at your little one and know that the behavior had been ongoing.
Boob - right. I was so thankful, though that josh came and told us and that our girls, even though this was a bad situation, as we;ve talked to other families that have had other things happen, a lot of their stories were even worse.
Megyn - just to clarify, it was 4 daughters and a babysitter, and you notified her...
Boob - right, he called her and asked for forgiveness. She didnt know that had done anything either. It was more like just a, fondling, touch, while they were asleep for most of them and there were 2 incidents when they were awake. It was a bad thing. It was something we'd like to forget.
Megyn - let me move back to therapy. You sent josh to this treatment center. Was there more therapy for josh and the girls?
Boob - yes. What happened was, when josh came back from little rock, the last step was to make things right with the law because he had broken the law. We took him down to the local police station, the closest one to our house, and walked in and talked to a man there.
Megyn - what was that like? How do you make the decision as a parent to bring your child to law enforcement and turn him over
Boob - we felt like it was an important step for josh to confess to the police what he had done because he had broken the law and if we didnt do this that this would be something hanging over his head for the rest of his life...
Megyn - was that terrifying?
Boob - it was very terrifying. We didnt know if they were going to arrest him at that point or what they were going to do...
Michelle - and now, we were waiting to hear... we didnt know if they were going to come...
Duggars make it all better part 3
Megyn - How did you choose the person to whom you would surrender him? Because theres been some question about whether you chose a friend, someone you knew who would go easy on him
Boob - I had a towing business for years so I did know officers. We went into headquarters, went in and talked to him... we took a witness with us and he shared everything... we had no idea what that officer was going through...
Megyn - did you have any idea what the officer was going through...
Boob and Megyn reinforce that Boob knew nothing about it.
Boob - I was questioning why he would say it (that Josh hadnt told everything). Maybe he'll get out on parole or something. We took a witness... he told everything
Michelle - He said "if you continue down this path you are going to destroy your life and you could end up in prison.
Megyn - when that was over... you thought it was over
Boob - we didnt know. A few weeks went by, months went by... someone called the hotline...
Megyn - we'll get to that but I want to talk about counseling. Was that the only counseling he got and what about your daughters?
Boob - no, Josh actually went and had complete
Michelle - All of our children recieved professional counseling after this, including josh who paid for his own counseling himself
Boob - from an accredited, professional counselor.
Megyn - did you feel, when josh had been though all of this, and he emerged, did you feel that he was a threat?
Boob - not at all
Megyn - did you ever worry that the treatment didnt work
Boob - no. Josh was a changed person
Michelle - and we still had those safeguards in place (you mean the ones that didnt work?) I mean, its like, there were a lot of things that changed. This first son... to come to this place... things we learned even since then... we dont let boys babysit, they dont play hide and seek... your'e not alone in a room iwth someone else. Little ones dont sit on big boys laps or even family members, unless its your daddy ... we just, theres boundaries that we've learned.
Lies, LIES! ALL LIES! Part 4
Shots of duggars in frumpers walking in a line...
In 2004 they gained national media attention. In 2006 things almost unraveled. Someone lEAKED the story... reads the email. Harpo called authorities... police reports... the family told police the truth. FIVE victims were interviewed and they denied further abuse. SOL had run and case was closed.
Megyn - its all behind you and then in 2008 you launched the show. What would make you launch a tv show about your family given this past
Boob - you know, back in early on, it was after all this was taken care of in 2002-2003. A magazine came and asked to do a story...
Megyn - are you thinking "wait, this may not be a good idea"... cameras discovered things
Boob - we had nothing to hide. We had taken care of this years before and when they asked us to do the reality tv show all this had been taken care of 5 years before and we had a clean bill of health from the state
megyn did any of the girls or josh say "hold on mom and dad"
Boob - we had no fear because we hadnt, everything was taken care of. It was a sealed juvenile record. They told us all this was sealed and under law it couldnt come out
Megyn - did you live in fear that this could come out?
Michelle - I dont know that we lived in fear because it was resolved, forgiven, we had moved on in life
Megyn - when you heard that, in late may, that the story had broken and you hadnt been given a heads up, that they were going to do this, what was your reaction?
Boob - I said "god, I know that there are a lot of families out there that are hurting and you know what, this isnt something we wanted to come out but if people can see that josh, who did these very bad things when he was a young person, god can forgive him for these terrible things, then I hope other people realize that god can forgive them and make them a new creature.
Megyn - do, do you - was there any motivation for this police chief, that you know of, to want to hurt your family?
Michelle - I figure there must be an agenda
Boob - I dont know if there was a bribe or a personal agenda
Michelle - it definitely wasnt to be caring about the victims
Megyn - have you had any prior dealings with her?
Boob - I think josh had talked to her one day at a meeting and she turned and wouldnt talk to him. She was getting ready to retire... she said there were a few things I want to do before I retire... I think I was on the list.
Megyn - any chance of you suing her or the city for this disclosure?
Boob - we're talking to some attorneys and we'll see. The big picture is protecting juveniles records, we want to be an advocate for protecting juveniles records (not victims of sex abuse) because the mistakes juveniles make when they're young should be sealed.
Megyn - how has this effected your daughers?
Boob - our daughters were shocked. It crushed them at first. They didnt want this out. No victim wants their minor story to be told. Every victim should have the right to have their own sotry told, not a tabloid.
Megyn - the main story we've heard has been they are hypocrites, they preached family values... they had this secret and they werent honest
Boob - I dont think you go up to total strangers and say "hi, my name is so and so and i want you to know what I did as a child." Every family has things happen in the familes. Some have darker things than other.
Megyn - what the critics are goin gfor is you shouldnt be preaching moral values, calling other people sinners when you in fact are sinners
Boob - our son violated god's principles of doing improper touching. Thats terrible, but its been recently said that what josh did was inexcusable, but its not unforgivable.
Megyn - Mike Huckabee said that. I know he is a friend of your family. Michelle, let me ask you, because you were in the news for making a robocall that suggested trans people would go into the bathrooms and may be child molesters... how could you unfairly in their view, suggest they are child molestors, knowing what you know about josh.
Michelle - I think that protecting young girls and not allowing men and young men go into a girl's locker room is just common sense
Megyn - But this is different because you injected child molestation into it
Boob - I think you actually said pedophile. A pedophile is an adult that preys on children. Joshua was 14 and had just tuned 15. The legal definition is 16 preying on a child. He was a child preying on a child. We do not view josh as a pedophile.
Megyn - what I'm asking you is can you understand the critics reaction to this news.
Michelle - every one of us has done something wrong. Thats why jesus came. I feel like this is more about ... pause... pause... theres an agenda... pause... and theres people that are purposing to bring things out and twisting them to hurt and slander
WE'RE BEING PERSEQUOOOOTED!!!!!!!!!! Part 5
Megyn - do you think that the backlash has been greater because of who you are and what you stand for?
Michelle - I think some out there do
Megyn - do you think in particular your christian beliefs are at issue here
Boob - I think as people on the outside think well, christians are supposed to be perfect... no, all of us, as christian struggle everyday
Megyn - what happenes to the duggars from here?
Boob - I dont know if the rest of our family should be punished for the act of one of our children 12 years ago... we are fine whether they film us or not... we're going to go on and live life and serve god and make a difference in the world
Michelle - enjoy our children and enjoy our grandchildren and continue on with life. Either way we are at peace.
Megyn - do you think the show will be cancelled has TLC given you any indication?
Boob - at this point our family is just trying to regroup from these attacks and when you are in every newspaper thoughout the world, its an unprecedented attack on our family and it was actually this informatio was released illegally... so I'm wondering why all these press is not going after these system for releasing the juvenile records. That is a huge story. What our son did 12 years ago is a major story to them too, but hopefully justice will be served on the ones that released juvenile records to protect other juvenile to prevent their records from being released.
Megyn - it must have been terrible. I'm sure youre going through hell right now.
Michelle - I think whats so devestating as a momma, for me. We took our children to the safety center, the children's safety center. We trusted them, the police department. Our children poured out their hearts, they shared everything (I thought they didn know anything...) and then to have their trust betrayed, for all their informatio to be turned over to a TABLOID! Shared in a slanderous way... as a mom that breaks my heart because this... they've ben victimized more than they WERE 12 YEARS AGO because they didn tknow then. In our hearts we havent been keeping secrets, we were protecting them and now, for people with an AGENDA in a for whatever profit they're going to get... god will use all of this for good...
Boob - thank you for telling our story.
Preview of friday - Jill and Jessa
1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse
3 out of 4 of those abused were victimized by someone they know
Researchers say that most young offenders are male and between the ages of 12 and 14. A 2009 analysis showed taht 85-90 % never are arrested for a sex crime again.
If you know a victim in need of help call 18004224453
In a stunning follow up... we sat down with 2 sisters, jill and jessa.
Jill - crying - we're victims, they cant do this to us
Jessa - a system that was set up to protect kids... its greatly failed.
Friday at 9 PM

I was just thinking of the things I expect the Duggars to say in their Megyn Kelly interview. And the things I expect that they will never admit. Then I thought that someone could make a drinking game out of their buzzwords, but since they don't drink, that would be inappropriate. So I made bingo cards. 19 of them, so all your kids can play. Maybe not any more appropriate, but it's my way of keeping track of all the crap that has been spewed about raising children over the years and the glaring things that they'll never address.
Here's the generator that I used.
osric.com/bingo-card-generator/
Edited to add:
I guess I can't upload a PDF here, will work on converting it.

duggarfamily.com/2015/5/next-week
"Next week we will sit down with Megyn Kelly on Fox News to share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago, the tears we all shed and the forgiveness that was given. We appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers for our family at this time.
-Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar"
Disgusting!
FOX is going to show some of it on Wednesday and then the full special one hour interview on Friday according to People.
http://www.people.com/article/duggars-i ... on-scandal

With Boobs newly acquired millions, Christian conservative public platform and ATI power; I see similarities between Joe Kennedy's political goals for his sons with Boobs goals for his male blessings. Boob got what Joe had; just not Democrat Irish Catholic.

secure.ministrysync.com/ministrysync/event/home.php?e=9236
Last night Cobb pregnancy services (https://www.facebook.com/cobbpregnancy) had a fundraiser to continue their assault on women's rights. Guess who was the keynote speaker? Yup, Michelle and Boob Duggar! Love the flyer that depicts the holocaust (link above), this place is totally up their alley.
Abortion is equal to the holocaust and segregation... who knew?
I've found a few public pictures using #prolifecommunity. Is that Josiah? No sign of Jessa and Ben, guess it wasnt high enough on his fire and brimstone list to attend.
I've never heard of this organization before and they have less than 400 likes on their facebook page. I wonder how they landed the Duggars and what horrors are in store for the city as they remain here!

Hey guys,
I live in Germany so sorry for my not so perfect English. I wanted to ask about American wedding traditions - does the bride`s father really have to pay for the wedding always? wouldnt it make more sence for both families to pitch in a little bit? not to mention the fact that a frugal person like Jim Bob could actually save money on the wedding and keep the cost low.
I was just shocked by his hypocrisy - he`s not willing to spend a few thousand dollars on his daughters education and forces them to attend this stupid college minus program but at the same time he`s willing to pay 20-30K for their weddings? seriously? and yet none of them ever learned a profession? wasnt he the one saying that you shouldnt keep up with the Joneses and forced Michelle to buy gross used shoes for two dollars but at the same time Jessa can have expensive flower arrangements and a honeymoon in Europe? that simply doesnt make sence to me....